Kunghei fatchoy (Happiness and prosperity!) to you all on this Chinese New Year Day.
Category: General
I love to read
I’ve always been an avid reader. This year one of the things on my list of 100 things to do was
Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)
So I have made myself a list on Goodreads and thought I’d share it here too
- Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
- Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider
- The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life by Francine Jay
- The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
- True Magick: A Beginner’s Guide by Amber K
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin
- Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
- Dancing the Sacred Wheel: A Journey through the Southern Sabbats by Frances Billinghurst
- The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer (must actually finish this one!)
- Branding Yourself by Erik Deckers & Kyle Lacy
- Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
- Life, The Universe And Everything by Douglas Adams
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
- Dreamweaver CC for Dummies (to freshen up my understanding of CC)
- I, Strahd by P.N. Elrod
- Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead In Dallas
- 03 Club Dead
- 04 Dead to the World
- 05 Dead as a Doornail
- 06 Definitely Dead
- 07 All Together Dead
- 08 From Dead to Worse
- 09 Dead and Gone
- 10 Dead in the Family
- 11 Dead Reckoning
- 12 Deadlocked
- 13 Dead Ever After
Ok so I did kind of cheat by adding a few series but they are ones I want to read/reread. What’s on your reading list?
January photo challenges
I decided to take part in 2 photo a day challenges this year – Fat Mum Slim’s photo-a-day and Paper Heart of Gold’s planner challenge. I didn’t do so well Instagraming them each day but did manage to take each photo.
and
I’ll be back next month with my February photos.
Currently #6
TIME: 10pm, 31st January, 2016
LOCATION : Dining room table
FEELING: good, tired
LOVING : that it’s nearly the first day of school
READING : Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate
ANTICIPATING : the first day of school
LISTENING TO : MUSIC : random tunes PODCAST : Simple Scrapper member podcast
WATCHING : X Files
PLANNING : on catching up with my 2015 PL albums
LOOKING FORWARD TO : school going back (sense a theme LOL)
CREATING : baking heaps of food to freze for school lunches
NEED TO FINISH : my JYC pages for 2015 and my 2015 PL albums
WISHING : for more scrapping goodies and it would rain more to help with the fires around the state
MAIN GOAL : to get my PL albums finished for 2015
What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?
Happy birthday week to me
This week I turn 21 (38!) and I’ve decided that I will have a week long ‘celebration’ and do things I enjoy and make some me time.
Yesterday we went to ChilliFm’s pre-Australia Day event Skyfire. Mainly to watch the guys from TCW but to also catch the fireworks. Got to have a good play with the camera too :D I’ll be uploading a few to my Flickr album soon if you want to check out some more of my work 🙂
Today is Australia Day. We checked out the local Oz Day festivities this morning and I’m having a lazy day of Hottest 100, cricket, the new X-Files and some scrapbooking.
Not really sure what the rest of the week will bring apart from back to school prep for Miss K and going out for tea Thursday evening but I’m making sure to do something for me 😀
100 things in 2016
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Well here we are. Another year and another list of 100 things to do. It’s all written down in my 2016 Life workbook. Sorry in advance for the loooong post.
For the last couple of years I’ve been posting my lists on my blog, making me a bit more accountable. So no excuses, here is my 100 things in 2016. There are quite a few things from last year that either didn’t get done or I want to continue doing. I’ve split my list into sections this year – Blog/Social Media, House & Garden, Family, Things to do, Work & Finances, Scrapbook/Craft and For Me
As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done
Blog/Social Media
1. Increase my social media following (see 2-4)
2. Increase Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 152 Dec 31 – )
3. Increase Pinterest followers (Jan 1 – 665 Dec 31 – )
4. Increase Instagram followers (Jan 1 – 283 Dec 31 – )
5. Organise Pinterest boards better
6. Learn a new recipe each month and blog it
7. Continue In the Den Kitchen
8. Create a monthly blog backup
9. Try something I’ve pinned and blog the results
10. Start a new blog series
11. Start my YIAH recipe blog
12. Sort bookmarks
13. Blog everyday for 1 month
14. Blog emails to zero
15. Be more active in Facebook groups that spark joy
16. Cull email lists
17. Cull Facebook groups
House & Garden
18. Weed garden beds.
19. Work out what vegies to plant and then plant them
20. Start a Garden Journal.
21. Get a garden shed
22. Finally get gazebo up
23. Do Declutter 365 (& maybe blog my progress)
24. Finish custom recipe books – Thermomix Favourites and non-Thermomix recipes
25. Donate/sell remaining recipe books I don’t use
26. Paint laundry
27. Get laminate up in laundry
28. Get dryer up on laundry wall
29. Get new laundry sink
30. Laundry storage
31. Get floors polished
32. Organise office (I finally have a plan!)
33. Organise garage
34. Work through (& complete) Creating your Goddess Haven e-course (restarting Jan 1)
35. Re-tidy the pantry. Toss or donate stuff we don’t use
36. Sort linens.
37. Redo my herb garden
Family
38. Do something special for 10 year anniversary in November
39. Family holiday – Melbourne or Queensland
40. Have my parents over for dinner
41. Have in-laws over for dinner
42. Get an updated family photo
43. Work on family tree
44. Organise some play dates for the girls
45. Write a letter to Miss K to open on her 18th
46. Write a letter to Miss A to open on her 18th
47. Watch a documentary every month
Things to do
48. Anzac Day dawn service
49. Have a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)
50. Spend a day at the beach
51. Go on a picnic
52. Go for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting out
53. Spend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies
54. See more of Tassie
55. Go to Botanical gardens
56. Visit QVMAG
57. Go to MONA
58. Cirque du Soleil
Work & Finances
59. Money into Christmas club (starting balance – $0)
60. Put $5 a pay into girls’ accounts
61. Get BAS in on time
62. Keep work accounts up to date
63. Work through the Business Goddess e-course
64. Upgrade RAM & Hard drives in laptops
65. Sort EHDs and make sure there’s no duplicates
66. Work on better backups of important files
67. Work email to zero
Scrapbook/Craft
68. Find an inspirational quote and make it into a piece of art
69. Finish JYC 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
70. Scrapbook with mum more
71. Finish wedding scrapbook
72. Do #30Lists (March, September, December)
73. Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
74. Scrapbook with others more
75. Backup digital Project Life supplies
76. Start a cross stitch
77. Project Life date at least once a week – PUT IN PLANNER!
78. Do some more classes & make sure I finish them
79. Apply for Scrappy Canary design team
80. Create a scrapping binder
81. Organise craft group days
For me
82. Do something different for Afternoon Teal
83. Do Frocktober
84. Write a letter to myself to open on my 40th
85. Keep a gratitude journal for 30 days
86. Get a massage
87. Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)
88. Burn to CD/DVD stuff I don’t need on my PC all the time
89. Sort & cull movie folder
90. Deadpool
91. Create a mini Goddess altar
92. Personal email inbox to zero
93. Get to bed earlier
94. Drink more water
95. No more screens in bed
96. Rejoin the shining life & biz academy when renewal due
97. Cook more with the thermomix
98. Renew Thermofun membership
99. Journal every day
100. Enjoy life
Happy New Year!
Hope 2016 is an awesome year.
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” ~ Neil Gaiman
2015, the year that was – my list updated
It’s time to look back over my list for the year and see how I’m traveling.
As with previous years bold is started, strike thru is finished & red isn’t done
- Increase my social media following (see 2-5)
- Get more Twitter followers (Jan 1 – 658 Dec 31 – 670)
- Get more Facebook followers (Jan 1 – 150 Dec 31 – 153)
- Get more Pinterest followers (Jan 1 – 569 Dec 31 – 665)
- Get more Instagram followers (Jan 1 – 227 Dec 31 – 283)
- Organise my Pinterest boards (try & reduce the number of boards)
- Learn a new recipe each month. Blog about it.
- Blog a recipe a week – one of mine or something I’ve tried (In the Den Kitchen)
- Create a back up of my blog monthly
- Try something I’ve pinned and blog about it.
- Start a new blog series (but in the works for 2016)
- Finish garden beds and start using them – garden bed in but filled with weeds
- Get a garden shed
- Set up gazebo/outdoor area – area cleared and that’s as far as we got
- Do HabitHacker – Nest – started then fell off the wagon
- Work on Declutter 365
- Finish custom recipe book
- Declutter recipe books I don’t use – gifted a box to a friend. Have another pile to go
- Paint laundry & put up laminate
New door & window in loungeNew curtains for the loungeGet kitchen blindsGet new cupboard in hallway- Get floors polished
- Organise office so it can be used
- Organise garage
- Start a garden journal
- Work through (& complete) Creating your Goddess Haven e-course (restarting Jan 1)
Tidy the pantry – make it more organised- Sort linens and make less cluttered
- Have a candlelit dinner with hubby
- Family holiday to Melbourne
- Have parents & in-laws over for dinner
- Go to the Anzac Day dawn service
- Get a family photo of me, mum, dad & bro
- Get an updated family photo done
Have a weekend away- Try and have a date night every month
Put money into Christmas Club accountPut money in the girls accountsHave a family movie night (complete with popcorn & choc tops)Spend a day at the beachGo on a picnicGo for a drive somewhere for no reason other than getting outSpend a rainy day in PJs watching TV/movies- See more of Tassie
- Work on family tree
Go to Tasmania Zoo- Go to the Botanical Gardens
- Visit QVMAG
Get BAS in on timeKeep up to date with work accounts- Work thru Business Goddess e-course
Launch new work site- Upgrade laptops (decided to keep these & upgrade hard drives)
- Make laptop & pc better organised – less double ups of files
- Work on better backups of important files
- Find an inspirational quote & make it into a piece of artwork
- Finish JYC 2012 & 2013 & 2014
Scrapbook with mum more- Finish wedding scrapbook
Do #30Lists(March, September, December)- Organise all my paper scrapbook supplies
Scrapbook with others more- Backup digital Project Life supplies
Organise a scrapbook day- Complete a cross stitch
- Work thru Creative Goddess ecourse
- Project life date one weekend a month
- Do some more classes & finish them
- Create a scrapping binder
- Apply for more design teams
Get dt work done before it’s due- Actually DO some of the things I’ve pinned
- Create more pages about me
- keep up to date with Project Life (see #69)
- Raise at least $2000 at Afternoon Teal
Do FrocktoberWatch sunrise & sunset in the same day- Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
- Keep a gratitude journal every day for a month (0/30)
- Do Habit Hacker’s Create
Get a massageGet a manicure- Make a list of 30 books I want to read & then read those books (0/30)
- Exercise every day for a month (0/30)
- Create a mini Goddess altar
Meditate moreEnjoy lifeFinish off front yard- Redo herb gardens
- sort my bookmarks
- Burn to CD/DVD stuff I don’t need on my PC all the time
Look at getting built in wardrobe in girls bedroomDo something special for our wedding anniversaryHave a girls day out with mumStar Wars!- Sort & cull movie folder
- Maybe go to 20 yr reunion for school
- Organise some play dates for the girls
Not too bad, lots started but not finished. I’ll be back in a couple of days with my 100 things list for 2016
Currently #5
TIME: 9am, 31st December, 2015
LOCATION : Dining room table
FEELING: good
LOVING : the warmer weather
READING : The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer (still)
DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate or water or Soda Stream
ANTICIPATING : the New Year
LISTENING TO : MUSIC : random tunes PODCAST : Simple Scrapper member podcast
WATCHING : New Year’s Eve specials
PLANNING : my 2016 planners
LOOKING FORWARD TO : Cirque du soleil
CREATING : bits & pieces for JYC and cards for my 2016 PL album covers
NEED TO FINISH : my JYC pages for 2015
WISHING : for more planner goodies
MAIN GOAL : to work on my Life Workbook
What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?
Nightwolf Snaps
I’ve finally decided to get some of my photos online for everyone to see. You can check out my photos over on Flickron Flickr. It will mainly be sunsets, lunar, flowers, animals and buildings.
Here’s some of what you’ll find…
